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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1943
Page
6
Western Newspaper Union analysis notes Tunisia delays Allied plans in World War II timing. Reports Japan launches a seven pronged offensive aimed at eroding China’s wartime position while Axis spokesmen push peace feelers. Editorial context reflects U S wartime pressures.
General Eisenhower faced choices between fighting Rommel on ground or in favorable terrain as American forces were driven out of the Tunisian area between Sidi Bou Zid and Gafsa toward Tebessa Algeria. The setback, while not catastrophic, delayed the Axis defeat and the push toward Europe. The British Eighth Army advances offered hope as American losses included three air fields and three forward positions and German 60 ton tanks outmatched lighter American models. Secretary Stimson acknowledged sharp reverses and substantial casualties for outmatched forces.
Officials and Congress weigh cures for sky high meat prices that threaten military supply and small packers. The OPA proposed two fixes: government purchase of live animals or a national registration of all meat sellers and handlers.
Vice Admiral Raymond Fenard, head of the French naval mission to the United States, announced that 42 French warships plus four ships under repair in American yards would soon join the United Nations. He listed two battleships six cruisers an aircraft carrier seven destroyers 14 submarines and ten auxiliary ships joining the Allied effort.
Axis peace efforts began with Virginio Gayda and Jos eph Goebbels sending feelers for a separate peace to save Europe from Bolshevik danger. Elmer Davis of OWI countered, calling the tactic a wedge aimed at splitting Britain, the United States, and their Allies.
The Office of Food Administration faces dwindling canned meat and fish supplies with stores cutting stocks. To stretch reserves sales of salmon tuna shrimp spreads and related items are suspended until at least March 28 as meat rationing looms. Households and grocers learn point rationing rules for fruits vegetables soups and baby foods.
Madame Chiang Kai-shek pressed for decisive Allied strikes from Washington while reports from China described a major Japanese push across seven Chinese areas from Shanghai to Yunnan. Allied HQ noted steady progress in New Guinea as air forces bombed Dutch New Guinea and New Britain.
Col. Bernt Balchen of New York, now in the army air corps, receives the Soldier’s Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster for taking part with two U S Navy fliers in the June rescue of a Flying Fortress crew stranded in Greenland after a wilderness crash. Canberra grants United States most favored nation tariff treatment without a formal request, with R V Keane citing allied aid.
The article notes two natural defense lines remain open to Nazi forces in southern Russia after rapid Soviet advances to Rostov and Kharkov. It warns the Dnieper and Dniester rivers could form a winter line but won t solve German strategic problems in Crimea and near Leningrad. The Red Army pushes toward Orel to disrupt Nazi rail links from Moscow to central Ukraine.
Congressional sentiment favors deferring fathers with dependents until single men are exhausted. Brigadier General Miller G White warns deferments could force induction of currently limited groups including illiterates and men with venereal disease. Major General Hershey notes 28 000 men per day being inducted into army and navy.
March 13 period 5 fuel oil coupons valid to Sept 30. March 15 last valid No. 1l sugar coupons for three pounds. March 21 last valid Stamp No. 25 for one pound coffee. March 21 last day Coupon 4 in A gas ration book valid. March 31 final date for first tire inspections for A card holders and motorcycles. April 26 expiration period 4 fuel oil coupons. June 15 last valid Stamp No. 17 for one pair of shoes.
Marriner S. Eccles, chairman of the Federal Reserve, told Congress that inflation stems from war finance by borrowing rather than taxation. He claimed the deficit is funded too much by banks and not enough by taxes or public borrowing, and urged Congress to act. He warned purchasing power would drop by about 40 billion dollars this year unless money is raised.
The Navy announced the fastest airplane in the United States at a Hartford factory. The report notes the Corsair F4U1 had seen combat over Munda in the South Pacific and boasted a powerful engine, superior maneuverability, and interceptor potential compared with land based fighters.
The American Iron and Steel Institute reports that steel companies spent or planned to spend about 1.25 billion dollars to raise production and efficiency since 1938. About one third of the total was used in the first three years of war, with expenditures accelerating after Pearl Harbor. from 1941 to 1943 the industry spent or prepared to spend roughly 773 thousand dollars.
Civilian trained pilots eager for military assignments brace for final instructions as the army expands air force capacity. Air training, reserves, and transport roles collide with patience and hope for Uncle Sam’s payroll amid Burma road plans and postwar air commerce dreams.
At Fort Belvoir Virginia the engineer school runs a long standing suggestion system. Any envelope may carry a revolutionary idea and about IT per cent of suggestions have been approved. The piece notes growing demand for more suggestions. In Paris reports claim the rag market has become a key shopping center for newlyweds in Nazi occupied France. Baby clothing in those areas shifts to dark tones with layettes in somber colors.
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